vangoghfan77

I'll be working at the Children's Hospital! I'm coming from 8 hours away but luckily have family here so I can avoid paying rent for a little bit. Have you done the employee health screening? I have mine soon and don't know if business attire is expected since it's just a screening and drug test ?

Hello, did you have a peer interview at the meet and greet or did they call you to come in later on? :) If you had a peer interview that’s a good starting sign, that means you stuck out to them after the initial interview! Good luck, fingers crossed for you!!

That's awesome, congratulations!! ?

I can't speak for you but I do know that the situations that impacted me the most were the ones that I personally related to. Whenever I would be caring for an older patient who didn't have a lot of family members come to visit it always made me sad because I immediately thought of how horrible I'd feel if that was my grandparent in that lonely hospital room. If you felt one way about nursing going into school, maybe your values have changed? I personally didn't know how much nurses do skills wise compared to doctors (silly, I know)! Or maybe going into nursing you knew you liked caring for people but didn't realize how compassionate you truly were till you actually began to care for and get to know specific patients? I'm just throwing ideas out here, but I'd say just try and brainstorm any specific patients or cases that really stuck with you then figure out why they affected you! Hope this helped a little bit ?

If you got the good pop up at some point after putting in credit card information then it's likely that you passed, I really haven't seen anyone talking about false positives, only false negatives. Try not to be nervous and don't try the trick anymore!! Wait for the unofficial/official results and relax. Try to be positive and confident, you seemed to have been more than prepared, fingers crossed for you! ?

I'll be working at the children's hospital! :)

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I'm so sorry you failed but I'm glad that you are taking off two weeks. That good, get the test out of your mind for a little bit so you can grieve and get over it. Go over any information that you knew wasn't your strongest going into the exams. I'd say look over test strategies as well. Also, practice lots of questions. Consider buying another study component like Kaplan as well if you feel that Uworld did not prepare you enough.

The PVT pop up is not 100% but I want to say that if you get the good pop up it's likely that you passed! False negatives seem to be more common than false positives. Good luck!

Look into scholarships as well! There are so many available online! Some of them don't even require that you write an essay or anything. Good luck!

I would skip on rewriting your notes and listening to lectures. I tried both of those things at one point while I was in nursing school and they were not helpful. If you do like rewriting information, at least rewrite in a different way that is easiest to understand for you so you aren't just blindly copying down information. I also wouldn't spend a lot of time skimming chapters. If you are able to go through the PPTs before class you could go through the slides quickly. Flashcards are awesome and I would definitely recommend that you keep using them!! Honestly, you have to decide how you study best and what specifically helps you and stay true to that ?

Congratulations on beginning nursing school! I graduated from nursing school this past May and completely understand that overwhelming feeling of being anxious. I agree with everyone above that you should always arrive on time. That's honestly just good advice for pretty much every situation in general! I would say prepare before going to your clinicals. I'm sure you will have to do some sort of paperwork in preparation for your clinicals and you should really take it seriously. It's much easier to feel relaxed if you at least somewhat know what is going on with patients! I think for the most part nurses don't mind having students. When you are just starting out you will be fresh and have lots to learn. Sometimes nurses may be quick with you or scold you but DO NOT TAKE IT TO HEART! Seriously, don't! Nursing is stressful and for the most part when nurses do yell at students it's because the nurses themselves are feeling stressed or rushed. No one knows anything, not even the crank old nurse who has been in the same unit for 100+ years. Ask questions if you have them. Remember that the nurse you shadow is a regular human being and was once a student. If the nurse is busy or you can tell they are annoyed with you asking too many questions, write down your questions and during lunch/bathroom break/back at home google it to find the answers. I'm naturally shy and had to physically force myself to speak up around the nurses. Remember that you were smart enough to get into the program and you belong in that hospital!! Have confidence and remember that there is no shame in excusing yourself to go to the bathroom to do some deep breathing. Best of luck to you!!

I was actually offered another residency position here in my home state so I think not getting an interview email probably worked out for the best for me! Good luck to all of you maybe we'll be working alongside each other in Seattle at some point in the future ?

That's awesome, congrats!!

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